Faucet



Oct. 18, 1932. E, P. STE|N 1,883,061

FAUCET Filed Aug. 30. 1929 7:57 f' -i 2 Z Patented Oct. 18, 1932 UNITED STATES Parser erica EDWARD r. STEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLiNoIs, AssIGNoR To THE BnsTIAN-Bnnssine COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS FAUCET Application filed. August 30, 132,9. Serial No. 389,381.

My invention relates to faucets of the type more especially i associated with restaurant and fountain service for dispensing water, and my object is to provide an improved faucet which will quickly control the water by a partial turn of the handle without leakage or splashing; which will be adjustable for taking up wear in the parts; which will have its handle stop concealed within the structure so as not to mar the appearance of the faucet or be subjectto damage; and which will be substantial and capable of withstanding hard use, and will be inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects of my invention will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of a faucet embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the faucet shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a plan section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail vertical fragmentary section of the body and spout member; and

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the valve member.

The faucet shown in the drawing has a body 1, one end of which is turned horizontally and threaded for connection with a pipe 2 from a source of water supply. The other end is pointed downwardly and carries the Operating parts. The body has a passage 3 which terminates in a port 4. The port 4 in this instance is formed in the center of an annular valve seat member 5 although if the valve seat is formed integral with the body the port 4 would be likewise formed.

A cylindrical chamber 6 is provided in the lower end portion of the body and is of considerably larger diameter than the valve seat or the port. The lower end of this chamber is open. Its upper end is partially closed by the reduced portion 7 of the body in which the valve seat member is mounted. The lower rim of the valve seat member extends slightly below the reduced portion and forms the seat ofthe valve member 8 which controls the flow of water from the port.

The valve member 8 is cylindrical and has a flat upper end against which a gasket or washer 9, preferably of'leather or fibre, is fastened by means of the screw 10. The valve member is considerably less in diameter than the chamber 6 to form a passage for the water after it leaves the valveseat and the lower portion of the valve is provide-dwith large transverse slots 11 intersecting at right angles and open at their lower ends to provide passages for the water from the chamber 6. The area of the chamber 6 and slots 11 is much greater than the area of the port 4 and thus water passage through the valve is not impeded by the control parts thereof, as sometimes occurs when the size of the control parts reduces the magnitude of the passage thereby. Because the size of the water passage through the valve is greater than thesize of the port opening 4, the tendency for the water to leak or be forced past the threaded connection, to be described, between the valve member and the spout member is reduced toa minimum.

The lower end portion of the body is cy-` lindrical in'shape and has an annular recess or groove 12. Below this groove the end portion has exterior threads 13 which are engaged by corresponding interior threads on the spout member 14. The rotation of the spout member imparts an axial movement thereto for the purpose of moving the valve member 8 toy and from its seat. The lower end 15 of the valve member is flared to provideV a flange which rests upon a shoulder 16 formed in the spout member so that the movement of the spout member will operatevthe valve member. The spout member has a passage 17 for the water which is substantially as great in `diameter as the chamber 6 so that it will not cause any back pressure on the fiowing water.

The spout member may be provided with a separable tubular tip 18 made of hard rubber or other vsuitable material for the purpose. The spout member has lan annular upstanding flange 20 above the shoulder 16. This flange extends upwardly to a pointabove the annular groove 12 in the valve body and thereby embraces or surrounds the body. Near its upper edge the flange has an annular series of holes or openings 21 substantially opposite the annular groove l2 of the body member. fr ring 22 surrounds the upper portion of the flange of the spout member and is seated on an annular shoulder 23 on said flange. The upper portion of the ring is inwardly flanged at 24 to form a shoulder which is seated against the upper edge of the spout flange. This ring has a threaded opening 25 into which an operating handle 26 is screwed. The inner end 27 of the handle extends through Whichever one of the flange openings 21 into which it is inserted, and it is adapted to engage a xed stop 28 on the body member. This stop is formed as an integral lug across the annular groove 12 in the body, hence when the spout member and ring are rotated by the handle member, the end 27 of the handle member strikes the stop lug 2S to limit the rotation of the spout member. rIhe desired adjustment of the parts is obtained by rotating the ring and by inserting the end of the handle member into whichever opening 2l in the flange corresponds to adjustment of the ring. r)The handle, in addition to serving as a. means for rotating the faucet also locks the ring and the spout member together and serves to engage the stop lug to determine the swing of the handle. The stop 28 is engaged by the end 27 of the handle to limit opening movement of the valve. Closing movement is limited by engagement of the washer 9 with the valve seat 5 and the wedging action of the screw threads which results from the engagement of the washer 9 with the seat 5, serves to hold the valve in closed position. The provision of the series of openings 2l makes possible an accurate adjustment to control the degree of opening of the valve and also to take upany wear in the valve seat, threads and other parts.

I am aware that changesrmay be made in the construction, operation and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I hereby reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a faucet the combination of a body, a valve in said body, a rotary spout for operating the valve and surrounding the body and having a plurality of openings, a stop member on the body within said spout member, and means on the spout member extending through one of the openings to engage the stop member.

2. In a faucet the combination of a. body member having an interior valve seat, a valve member within the body cooperating with said valve seat, a rotary spout member for operating said valve moimted on said body and having an annular flange surrounding the outside of said body, said flange having an annular series of openings, a stop lug on said body within the flange, and a handle member mounted on said flange and extending through one of said openings for engagement with the stop lug.

3. In a faucet the combination of a body member having an interior valve seat, a valve member within the body cooperating with said valve seat, a rotary spout member for operating said valve mounted on said body and having an annular flange surrounding the outside of said body, said flange having an y,annular series of openings, a stop lug on said body within the flange, a ring rotatable on said flange having a threaded opening for alignment with any one of said openings in the flange, and a handle screwed into said threaded opening and extending through the alignedopening of the flange into position to engage the stop lug on the body.

Ll. In a faucet the combination of a rotary spout member, a body extending into the pout member and having threads engaging corresponding threads within the spout member to rotatably support said spout member, a stop lug on the body Within the spout member, and means adjustably supported on the spout member for engaging said stop lug to limit rotation of the spout member in one direction, and means for limiting rotation in the other direction. l

5. In a faucet, the combination of a rotary spout member, a body member extending into the spout member and having threads engaging corresponding threads within the spout member to rotatably support said spout member, a valve seat, a valve member movable toward and from said valve seat, a stop lug on the body within the spout member, a handle on the spout member and engageable with said lug to limit rotation of the spout member and movement of the valve member from the valve seat, said valve member engaging said Valve seat to limit movement of said spout member in the other direction.

EDVARD P. STEIN. 

